List of place names of Choctaw origin

This is a list of place names that have arisen from or have equivalents in the Choctaw language or are from the names of people who were themselves Choctaw.

Language derivations Louisiana, United States Atchafalaya River and Atchafalaya Swamp Bogalusa Bogue Falaya Oklahoma, United States Bokchito Bokoshe Chahtah Tamaha

Personal name derivations Oklahoma, United States Apukshunnubbee District Atoka and Atoka County Beavers Bend Resort Park

Equivalents without origin information

Oklahoma, United States Buck Creek, known in Choctaw as Lapitta Bok

Unverified

Chatawa, Mississippi Chickasha, Oklahoma Choctaw County, Oklahoma Choctaw, Oklahoma Eagletown, Oklahoma Hochatown, Oklahoma Honobia, Oklahoma Johns Valley, Oklahoma Kosoma, Oklahoma Moshulatubbee District Nashoba, Oklahoma Noxubee County, Mississippi Okaloosa County, Florida Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Olney, Oklahoma Panola, Oklahoma Pocola, Oklahoma Ponchatoula, Louisiana Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Pushmataha District Red Oak, Oklahoma Skullyville, Oklahoma Smithville, Oklahoma Talihina, Oklahoma Tamaha, Oklahoma Tullahoma, Tennessee Tushka, Oklahoma Tuskahoma, Oklahoma

References

Further reading

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